Powerful magnitude 6.3 earthquake rocks Greek holiday island Crete weeks after killer tremor damaged 1,000 buildings

A POWERFUL 6.3 magnitude earthquake has rocked the Greek holiday island Crete just weeks after a tremor killed a man. Witnesses reported feeling a “massive tremor” as the European Mediterranean Seismological Centre recorded the epicentre as 31 miles south-east of the port of Sitia. GettyA powerful earthquake has struck the Greek holiday island Crete[/caption] According to the agency, the quake was at a depth of 6.2 miles. A resident of the town Analipsi reported to the EMSC: “Massive tremor. The whole house shook side to side by at least 15 centimetres. It lasted about 20 seconds.'” The Geodynamic Institute in Athens reported that the quake had occurred undersea off the eastern coast of the island. It comes after a devastating earthquake on the island last month brought a church dome crashing down on builders inside – killing a new grandad and injuring his son who was pulled alive from the rubble. He was among at least 24 hurt as up to 1,000 homes on Greece’s largest island were reported damaged by the 6.0 magnitude quake. Brit tourists were evacuated from resorts, while in island capital Heraklion people ran out into the streets when the quake shook their homes at 9.17am local time. It also triggered rock slides and sparked a tsunami warning, although no dangerous waves were reported. Most read in The Sun TH-INK AGAIN Tattooist shows horse inking on customer but everyone’s saying the same thing SUNBELIEVEABLE Solar storm hitting Earth could play havoc with power grid NAME GAME Stacey Solomon finally chooses baby daughter's name a week after giving birth TELLY TROUBLE ITV DOWN – live TV channel crashes with pixellated video & bad sound quality KID YOU NOT New-mum breaks down in tears after no-one turns up to her baby shower little split Shock ‘leaked texts’ show Little Mix's 'Leigh-Anne slamming "blackfish" Jesy' Dad of two Iakovos Tsagarakis, 65 – who had recently become a grandad – was named as the first fatality. He was one of three builders trapped under the toppled dome while renovating the church of the Prophet Elias in Arkalochori. His son is said to have suffered broken bones but survived along with the third man after they were able to call for help. We pay for your stories! Do you have a story for The Sun news desk? Email us at exclusive@the-sun.co.uk or call 02077824104. You can WhatsApp us on 07423 720 250. We pay for videos too. Click here to upload yours Click here to get The Sun newspaper delivered for FREE for the next six weeks.